Access Point problem

[Scot L. Harris]

On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 17:19, Claude Jones wrote:

> 
> 	Two NICS: eth0 is WAN 209.249.226.25  	eth1 is LAN
> 192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0
> 
> Bad diagram: Laptop via wireless---> AccessPoint ----> inside NIC
> on Linux box ---> Routed by Linux to outside NIC which is on
> broadband direct to the internet.
> 
> Question: If my laptop is getting a 192.168.2.1-255 subnet address
> via DHCP from the Linux machine, and the Linux Lan is set to
> 192.168.2.0/255.255.255.000, how is it that the AP which,
> presumably is assigned to a different subnet able to pass traffic?
> This is what I don't understand. 
> 

The AP is acting as a transparent bridge.  The problem may be that the
APs address is 192.168.0.50 per the documents.  Make sure you configure
your laptop for 192.168.0.52 or something in that same subnet and as the
instructions say use a direct connect wire for this.  

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